The HU, a Mongolian folk-metal band, has taken the global music scene by storm with their one-of-a-kind country’s traditional sounds and heavy metal, a genre they call “Hunnu Rock.” Founded in 2016, the band incorporates throat singing, ancient instruments such as the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) and tovshuur (lute), and lyrics inspired by Mongolian war…
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In Conversation with Robert and Jamie MacDonald- Three Kilts in Mongolia
How many Scotsmen do you need to tackle a Mongolian wrestler? This is the question I tried to ask the airline pilot Jamie MacDonald, photographer Robert MacDonald and David Scott, who travelled to Gengkis Khan’s kingdom to challenge the locals to wrestling. They undertook a 5000 mile journey to experience not only the sport itself,…
